SCHOOLS, CHURCHES & INSTITUTIONS.

Schools, churches, libraries, clubs, veterans groups, and neighborhood organizations created the institutional framework of community life.

DEEP DETROIT CONTEXT

Community institutions in the record.

Public and parochial education.

Churches and congregations as neighborhood anchors.

Libraries, social clubs, veterans organizations, and civic associations.

These institutions also leave records that can help reconstruct people, addresses, and neighborhood networks.

SOURCE METHOD

Schools, churches, libraries, clubs, and neighborhood groups are identified through period sources before they are used as context.

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